Sold to close 1 VXX Nov 15 2024 75.0 Call at 1.04. BTO last Friday at $0.84
Bought to open 1 VXX Mar 21 2025 23.0 Put at $0.13.
142 Days to expiration
#VXXContango
Tag Archives: VXXContango
VXX Puts
Bought VXX 01/17/2025 25.00 Puts at $0.07
#VXXContango
VXX – late fills
Bought 1 VXX 01/17/2025 26.0 Put at $0.19
Bought 1 VXX 01/17/2025 27.0 Put at $0.19
Bought 1 VXX 01/17/2025 28.0 Put at $0.19
#VXXContango
VXX Long Term Puts
Bought VXX Mar 21 2025 23.0 Puts at $.20, $0.19 and $0.18
Bought 1 VXX Mar 21 2025 24.0 Put at $.25
Bought 1 VXX Mar 21 2025 25.0 Put at $.30
Bought 1 VXX Mar 21 2025 26.0 Put at $.35
Bought 1 VXX Mar 21 2025 27.0 Put at $.40
164 DTE
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 25.0 Put at $0.19
101 DTE
#VXXContango
VXX Long Term Puts
Shifting longs to March 2025 while financing the buy with 1 week Put Sales
Bought 1 VXX March 21 2024 23.0 Put at $0.42
Sold 1 VXX Oct 04 2024 49.0 Put at $0.58 for a $0.16 Diagonal Credit
#VXXContango
VXX Long term Puts
Financing more long Jan 2025 Puts
Bought 1 VXX 01/17/2025 25.00 Put / Sold 1 VXX 10/04/2024 46.00 Put at $0.18 Credit
Bought 1 VXX 01/17/2025 26.00 Put / Sold 1 VXX 10/04/2024 46.00 Put at $0.18 Credit
Bought back to close 1 VXX 09/27/2024 46.0 Diagonal Put at $0.01 to release some margin
#VXXContango
VXX long term Puts
Added some more long VXX 01/17/2025 24.00 Puts at $0.06.
#VXXContango
VXX Long Term Puts
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 24.0 Puts at $0.11, $0.10, $0.08 and $0.07
#VXXContango
VXX Puts
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 30.0 Put / Sold 1 VXX Sep 29 2024 47.0 Put at $0.24 Credit
Financing another long term #VXXContango Put
VXX Spreads
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 27.0 Put / Sold 1 VXX Sep 20 2024 47.5 Put at $0.13 Credit
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 28.0 Put / Sold 1 VXX Sep 20 2024 46.5 Put at $0.05 Credit
Financing the Jan #VXXContango purchases
Sold 1 VXX Sep 20 2024 70/57 Bear Call Spread at $0.53 Credit
Offsetting the Put risk
VXX Long term Puts
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 24.0 Puts at $0.10.
135 days to expiration
#VXXContango
VXX Long Term Puts
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 24.0 Puts at $0.15
#VXXContango
VXX Long term Puts
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 24.0 Put at $0.20
#VXXContango
VXX Long term Puts
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 23.0 Puts at $0.15
#VXXContango
VXX Long Term Puts
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 6.0 Puts at $0.10
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 5.0 Puts at $0.03
#VXXContango
VXX long term puts
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 5.0 Puts at $0.04.
#VXXContango
VXX Long Term Puts
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 6.0 Puts at $0.12
#VXXContango
VXX Long Term Puts
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 6.0 Puts at $0.16 and $0.14
#VXXContango
VXX Long Term Puts
Bought 2 VXX Jan 17 2025 6.0 Puts at $0.17.
#VXXContango
VXX Contango Long term Put
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 6.00 Put at $0.18
#VXXContango
VXX BOIL
Long Term #VXXContango
Bought one more VXX Jan 17 2025 5.0 Put at $0.15.
Sold 1 VXX May 24 11.5 Put at $0.35.
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 6.0 Put at $0.35.
Sold 1 VXX May 24 11.5 Put at $0.41.
I’ll roll the shorts every week until we have a VIX rally (someday)
Rolled 1 BOIL May 24 2024 18.0 Covered Call to 1 BOIL May 31 2024 18.5 Covered Call at $0.09 Credit
Rolled 1 BOIL May 24 2024 19.0 Covered Call to 1 BOIL Jun 07 2024 20.0 Covered Call at $0.27 Credit
Rolled 1 BOIL May 24 2024 20.0 Covered Call to 1 BOIL Jun 14 2024 22.0 Covered Call at $0.36 Credit
Raised the potential exit price on BOIL more than 5%.
As a bit of a kicker, Sold 1 BOIL Jun 07 2024 28/23 Bear Call Spread at $0.87 Credit
VXX Long term diagonal Put
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 5 Put / Sold 1 VXX May 10 2024 125 Put at $0.09 Credit
Hoping to pick up another free long position by Friday
#VXXContango
CLF NUE VXX Diagonal Puts
Bought 1 CLF May 03 2024 16 Put / Sold 1 CLF Apr 26 2024 18.5 Put at $0.13 Credit
Bought 1 NUE May 03 2024 170 Put / Sold 1 NUE Apr 26 2024 175 Put at $0.28 Credit
VXX Long Term
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 5.0 Puts / Sold VXX Apr 26 13.5 Puts at $0.03 and $0.04 Credit
(trying to add free long term puts to my current position)
#VXXContango
VXX Long Term Puts
Bought to open VXX Jan 17, 2025 5.00 Puts at $0.06
#VXXContango
VXX Long Term Puts
Bought VXX Jan 17 2025 5.0 Puts at $0.09, $0.08 and $0.07
Adding to my position.
#VXXContango
VXX
Sold 1 VXX Jun 02 2023 40.5 Call at $0.16
Sold 1 VXX Jun 09 2023 32.0 Put at $0.26 #VXXContango
#OnlySpreads
OptionsExpiration
BOIL 3.5 Covered and Diagonal Calls
CMA 40.0 Covered Call
CMA 41.5 Diagonal Call
CMA 43.0 Diagonal Call
HD 245/270 Bull Put Spread
LABU 7.5 Calls
KRE 26/38.5 Bull Put Spread
PFE 34/36.5 Bull Put Spread
PNC 129/124 Bear Call Spreads
QCOM 99.0 Diagonal Put
TNA 15/27 Bull Put Spreads
UVXY 4.0 Diagonal Calls
UVXY 4.5 Covered Calls
UVXY 7/5 Bear Call Spreads
VFC 17.5 Diagonal Put
VFC 16.5 Diagonal Put
VXX 54/44.5 Bear Call Spread
VXX 53/44 Bear Call Spread
VXX 52/43.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 51/43 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 50/42.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 49.5/42 Bear Call Spread
VXX 38.0 Covered Calls
VXX 36.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 34.0 Diagonal Puts #VXXContango
VXX 33.0 Diagonal Puts #VXXContango
ZION 29.0 Covered Call
VXX Puts
Now that my VXX Apr 21 39.0 Puts are expiring I’m selling some for next week.
Sold VXX Apr 28 2023 37.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.22, $0.25 and $0.29
Sold against existing long VXX May Puts
#VXXContango
VXX Call Ladder
3 DTE
Sold VXX Apr 14 2023 45.5 Calls at $0.31 and $0.34
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 46.0 Call at $0.23
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 46.5 Call at $0.20
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 47.0 Call at $0.18
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 47.5 Call at $0.16
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 48.0 Call at $0.15
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 48.5 Call at $0.13
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 49.0 Call at $0.13
#OnlySpreads
VXX Puts
Bought 1 VXX May 19 2023 33.0 Put at $0.05
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 41.5 Put at $0.34
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 41.0 Put at $0.20
Sold VXX Apr 14 2023 40.5 Puts at $0.11, $0.13 and $0.15
VXX Puts
Bought 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 27.0 Put at $0.03
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 41.5 Put at $0.23
Sold 1 VXX Apr 14 2023 41.0 Put at $0.13
#VXXContango #OnlySpreads
VXX Long puts
Added a couple of “throw-away” long puts to write against
Bought 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 25.0 Put at $0.03
Bought 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 26.0 Put at $0.03
#VXXContango
UVXY VXX Put Rolls
Rolled UVXY 5.5 Puts out a week for $.06 and $0.07 Credits
Rolled VXX1 (pre-split) 12.0 Puts out a week for $0.07, $0.10, $0.11 and $0.12 Credits
Bought to close 1 VXX Mar 31 2023 43.5 Put at $0.04. Sold at $0.11.
Sold 1 VXX Apr 06 2023 43.0 Put at $0.38 for a $0.34 Credit at a $0.50 lower strike
#VXXContango
Lots of VXX and UVXY Calls and Bear Call Spreads will be expiring this week
VXX Puts
Bought to close VXX Mar 24 2023 47.5 Puts at $0.01.
Sold at $0.30, $0.35 and $0.70 on Tuesday
(The premium of this one position covered the cost of ALL my long April VXX Puts)
Rolled them to VXX Mar 31 2023 44.0 Puts at $0.18. Lowered the short strike 3.5 Points.
#VXXContango
VXX
Rolled 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 56.0 Covered Call to 1 VXX Mar 31 2023 58.0 Covered Call at $0.78 Credit.
Pushed the short strike up 2 points
Rolled 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 57.0 Covered Call to 1 VXX Mar 31 2023 59.0 Covered Call at $0.64 Credit.
Pushed the short strike up 2 points
Rolled VXX Mar 24 2023 47.5 Covered Calls to VXX Mar 31 2023 50.0 Covered Calls at $0.17 Credit.
Pushed the short strike up 2.5 points
Rolled old pre-split VXX1 Mar 24 2023 12.5 Puts to VXX1 Mar 31 2023 12.0 Puts at $0.03 Credit
Lowered the short strike $0.50.
Bought to close VXX Mar 24 2023 45.0 Puts at $0.01. Sold earlier this week at $0.12 and $0.22
#VXXContango
VXX Put Ladder and SOXL Call
VXX: Calls yesterday, Puts today
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 44.0 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 44.5 Put at $0.10
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 45.0 Put at $0.12 and $0.22
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 45.5 Put at $0.14
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 46.0 Put at $0.17, $0.25 and $0.36
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 46.5 Put at $0.26, $0.33 and $0.40
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 47.0 Put at $0.22, $0.45 and $0.60
Sold 1 VXX Mar 24 2023 47.5 Put Limit at $0.35 and again at $0.70
Should be easy to roll if necessary. Paired up with an equal number of short calls.
#VXXContango
Sold 1 SOXL Mar 24 2023 18.0 Call at $0.42
#OnlySpreads
VXX
Throwaway long puts to write against
Bought 1 VXX May 19 2023 31.0 Put at $0.05
Bought 1 VXX May 19 2023 32.0 Put at $0.05
Bought 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 10.0 Put at $0.02
Bought 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 15.0 Put at $0.03
Bought 1 VXX Jun 16 2023 20.0 Put at $0.04
Bought 1 VXX Sep 15 2023 10.0 Put at $0.04
Bought 1 VXX Sep 15 2023 15.0 Put at $0.05
These are highly illiquid with wide bid/ask spreads
#VXXContango
VXX SPY
Bought 1 VXX May 19 2023 30.0 Put at $0.05
Sold VXX Mar 17 2023 40.0 Puts at $0.12
Sold 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 42 Put at $0.17
#VXXContango
Bought 1 SPY Mar 17 2023 407.0 Call at $0.13
Sold 1 SPY Mar 16 2023 397.0 Call at $1.16
#OnlySpreads
VXX Puts
First trades in the new strike prices
Bought to Open 3 VXX Apr 21 2023 32.0 Puts at $0.05.
Sold to Open 1 VXX Mar 17 2023 40.0 Put at $0.15 to cover the cost of the buy.
Waiting to see how VXX options trade once the quotes settle down.
The current bid/ask spreads are way too wide.
#VXXContango
VXX Long Puts
Bought VXX Sep 15 2023 6.0 Puts at $0.13 and $0.12.
Further hedges for short VXX Puts I am rolling every week
#VXXContango
VXX Long term Puts
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 5.0 Put at $0.80 – adding to my position
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 6.0 Put at $1.25
Both are life-of-contract low prices
#VXXContango
VXX Long term puts
Bought 1 VXX Jan 17 2025 5.0 Put at $0.85
Bought 5 VXX Jan 19 2024 5.0 Puts at $0.17
#VXXContango
VXX UVXY
Sold UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.5 Covered Calls at $0.07
Sold 1 VXX Jan 20 2023 13.0 Covered Call at $0.17
Sold to Close 1 UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.0 Put at $0.57 and again at $0.65. Finally, sold the rest at $0.63 and $0.64.
Bought at $0.10 on 10/26. #UVXYContango
Sold to Close 1 VXX Jan 20 2023 13.0 Put at $0.88 and again at $1.03, and finally all the rest at $1.09
Bought at $0.17 on 10/26. #VXXContango
Sold to Close 1 VXX Jan 20 2023 12.0 Put at $0.17 and again at $0.22.
Bought at $0.10 on 11/01. #VXXContango
LABU UVXY VXX
Sold to CLOSE LABU Jan 13 2023 8.0 Calls at $0.18. Bought at $0.16 on 12/29.
Sold to CLOSE 1 VXX Jan 20 2023 13.0 Put at $0.76. Bought at $0.17 on 10/26. #VXXContango
Sold to CLOSE 1 UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.0 Put at $0.47. Bought at $0.10 on 10/26. #UVXYContango
LABU SOXL TNA UVXY VXX
Sold 1 LABU Jan 13 2023 7.5 Call at $0.19 and again at $0.20. Sold against long LABU 8.0 Calls
Sold to close SOXL Jan 13 2023 13.5 Calls at $0.11. Bought at $0.06 on 12/29
Sold to close SOXL Jan 13 2023 13.0 Call at $0.21. Bought a $0.10 on 12/29
Sold 1 TNA Jan 13 2023 36.5 Call at $0.34 and $0.49. Sold against long TNA 39.0 Calls
Sold 1 TNA Jan 13 2023 37.0 Call at $0.40. Sold against long TNA 39.0 Call
One more write against long Jan 20 6.0 Puts
Sold UVXY Jan 13 2023 6.0 Puts. Started at $0.08 and finished at $0.18. #UVXYContango
One more write against long Jan 20 13.0 Puts
Sold VXX Jan 13 2023 13.0 Puts. Started selling at $0.17 and finished at $0.31 #VXXContango
LABU SOXL TNA UVXY VXX
Tiny trades
Sold 1 LABU Jan 13 2023 7.5 Call at $0.21 and again at $0.22
Sold 1 SOXL Jan 13 2023 13.5 Call at $0.25
Sold 1 TNA Jan 13 2023 36.5 Call at $0.63
Sold 1 SPY Jan 10 2023 385.0 Put at $0.27 #DailyLadder
Sold 1 SPY Jan 10 2023 386.0 Put at $0.36 #DailyLadder
Sold 1 VXX Jan 13 2023 13.0 Put at $0.18, $0.19 and $0.20 #VXXContango
Sold 1 VXX Jan 13 2023 13.5 Covered Call at $.25, $0.27, $0.29, $0.30 and $0.31
Sold VXX Jan 13 2023 14.0 Covered Calls at $.16 and $0.17
Sold VXX Jan 13 2023 14.5 Covered Calls at $.10
SPY KOLD TNA VXX UVXY
Extending my SPY #DailyLadder replacing puts the expired Friday
Sold 1 SPY Nov 25 2022 385.0 Diagonal Put at $0.54
Sold 1 SPY Nov 25 2022 383.0 Diagonal Put at $0.36
Sold 1 SPY Nov 28 2022 381.0 Diagonal Put at $0.40
Sold December puts against long Feb Puts left over from Fridays expiration
Sold KOLD Dec 16 2022 10 Diagonal Puts at $1.00
Replacing calls that expired last Friday
Sold TNA Nov 25 2022 38.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.52
Sold 1 TNA Nov 25 2022 38.5 Diagonal Call at $0.36
New #VXXContango spreads
Bought VXX Mar 17 2023 9.0 Puts at $0.11
Sold VXX Nov 25 2022 16.0 Puts at $0.18 for a $0.07 Credit
Long DTE = 116
Short DTE = 4
Bought VXX Feb 17 2023 11.0 Puts at $0.11
Sold VXX Nov 25 2022 16.0 Puts at $0.20 for a $0.09 Credit
Long DTE = 88
Short DTE = 4
New #UVXYContango spreads
Bought UVXY Feb 17 2023 5.0 Puts at $0.09
Sold UVXY Nov 25 2022 8.5 Puts at $0.18for a $0.09 Credit
Long DTE = 88
Short DTE = 4
Bought UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.0 Puts at $0.11
Sold UVXY Nov 25 2022 8.5 Puts at $0.24 for a $0.13 Credit
Long DTE = 60
Short DTE = 4
OptionsExpiration
Not much of a list as the strong market had me rolling most positions
EXPIRED:
SLV 14/19 Bull Put Spreads
SLV 15/19 Bull Put Spreads
SLV 19.0 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 7.0 Diagonal Puts
SPY 320/367 Bull Put Spread
TLRY 5.0 Covered Calls
TNA 41/40.5 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 44/42 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 50/44 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 15/15.5 Bull Put Spread
TQQQ 13/15.5 Bull Put Spread
UVXY 15/11 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 10.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 29/20 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 19.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 19.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 18.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 16.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX and UVXY
Sold to close 1 VXX Nov 18 2022 17.0 Put at $0.62 after writing against it multiple times.
Bought on 10/17/2022 at $0.20
#VXXContango #WinWin
Sold UVXY Nov 11 2022 11 Calls at $0.17. Paired with short puts already in the account
VXX UVXY Puts
I was early on all these trades, especially the rolldowns
Rolled VXX Nov 04 2022 17.5 Puts down to VXX Nov 11 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.02 Credit
Bought to close VXX Nov 04 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.01.
#VXXContango
Rolled UVXY Nov 04 2022 9.5 Puts down to UVXY Nov 11 2022 9.0 Puts at $0.02 Credit
Bought to close UVXY Nov 04 2022 9.0 Puts at $0.01.
#UVXYContango
LABU SPY SLV TLRY TNA UVXY VXX
Replacing a whole bunch of positions that expired Friday
Sold LABU Nov 04 2022 9.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.15
Sold LABU Nov 04 2022 8.5 Covered Calls at $0.30
Sold 1 SPY Nov 04 2022 367.0 Diagonal Put at $0.66
Sold 1 SPY Nov 02 2022 373.0 Diagonal Put at $0.68
Sold 1 SPY Oct 31 2022 379.0 Put at $0.17 (due to expire today)
Sold SLV Nov 04 2022 17.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.12
Sold TLRY Nov 04 2022 4.5 Covered Calls at $0.04
Sold TNA Nov 04 2022 45.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.24
Sold TNA Nov 04 2022 44.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.34
Sold 1 TNA Nov 04 2022 43.0 Diagonal Call at $0.51
Sold UVXY Nov 04 2022 11.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.16
Sold UVXY Nov 04 2022 9.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.11, $0.13 and $0.14 (DTE = 4)
Bought UVXY Dec 16 2022 7.0 Puts at $0.07 and $0.08 (DTE= 46)
Bought UVXY Jan 20 2023 6.0 Puts at $0.11 (DTE= 81)
Bought UVXY Feb 17 2023 5.0 Puts at $0.12 (DTE= 109)
#UVXYContango)
Sold VXX Nov 04 2022 20.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.10
Sold VXX Nov 04 2022 17.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.16, $0.17, $0.19, $0.20 and $0.22 (DTE = 4)
Bought VXX Dec 16 2022 14.0 Puts at $0.06 and $0.07 (DTE = 46)
Bought VXX Jan 20 2023 13.0 Puts at $0.18 and $0.20 (DTE = 81)
#VXXContango
VXX Long term Puts
Bought VXX Jan 20 2023 11.0 Puts at $0.10 to write more weekly puts against
#VXXContango
OptionsExpiration
It’s a Bear Market.
Lots of Covered and Diagonal Calls expired in LABU, TNA, TQQQ and even in VXX (unexpected).
Some Puts were rolled down in TNA and TQQQ, and some calls rolled up in UVXY.
Puts in UVXY and VXX were major gainers. And plenty of VXX puts are still on the books for next week.
==Expired==
LABU 14/10.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 9.0 Covered Calls
SLV 17.0 Diagonal Puts
TNA 40/40.5/41 Covered Calls
TNA 41.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 48.5/42 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 50/42.5 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 27/27.5/28 Covered Calls
TQQQ 36/28.5 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 37.5/28 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 20.0 Diagonal Puts
TQQQ 19.5 Diagonal Put
UVXY 20.5/12 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 9.5 Diagonal Puts — #UVXYContango
UVXY 9.0 Diagonal Puts — #UVXYContango
VXX 28/21.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 25/21 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 21.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 20.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 18.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 18.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 17.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 17.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 16.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
== Assignments==
None
VXX Puts
Rolled my largest short put position:
Bought VXX Sep 23 2022 19.5 Puts at $0.35. Sold last week on a rolldown at $1.04.
Sold to Open VXX Sep 30 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.37 for a $0.02 Credit and a full point better on the short strike.
I’m now expecting my VXX 18.5, 18.0, 17.5, 17.0 and 16.5 Diagonal Puts to expire along with 20.5, 21.0 and 21.5 short calls.
#VXXContango #OnlySpreads
VXX Puts Rolled down
Bought to close VXX Sep 23 2022 19.0 Puts at $0.32. Sold last week on a rolldown at $0.63.
Sold VXX Sep 30 2022 18.0 Puts at $0.38 for a $0.06 Credit and a full point better on the short strike
#VXXContango #OnlySpreads
VXX Long term Puts
Bought VXX Nov 18 2022 12.0 Puts at $0.04.
Bought VXX Jan 20 2023 11.0 Puts at $0.15.
Bought VXX Jan 20 2023 10.0 Puts at $0.07.
Setting up additional longs to write weekly puts against
#VXXContango #OnlySpreads
These buys also lowered my option spread requirements in VXX for this week too 🙂
VXX Puts
New Diagonal spreads on the open. Replacing VXX long puts that expired Friday
The short side went in the money almost immediately, but it may not stay there, and I can roll the shorts weekly for more cash if necessary.
Bought to Open VXX Nov 18 2022 12.0 Puts at $0.18
Sold to Open VXX Sep 23 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.31 at $0.13 Credit
Long DTE = 60
Short DTE = 4
Bought to Open VXX Dec 16 2022 12.0 Puts at $0.36
Sold to Open VXX Sep 23 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.44 at $0.08 Credit
Long DTE = 88
Short DTE = 4
Bought to Open VXX Jan 20 2023 12.0 Puts at $0.41
Sold to Open VXX Sep 23 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.44 at $0.03 Credit
Long DTE = 123
Short DTE = 4
Bought to Open VXX Mar 17 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.38
Sold to Open VXX Sep 23 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.40 at $0.02 Credit
Long DTE = 179
Short DTE = 4
Bought to Open VXX Jun 16 2023 6.0 Puts at $0.32
Sold to Open VXX Sep 23 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.34 at $0.02 Credit
Long DTE = 270
Short DTE = 4
#VXXContango
VIX vs. VXX
Another day where VXX is broken
Near the open VIX up 5%, VXX down over 6%
Sold VXX Sep 23 2022 16.5 Puts at $0.06
Sold VXX Sep 23 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.11 $0.13 and $0.15
Sold VXX Sep 23 2022 17.5 Puts at $0.21, $0.24, $0.27 and $0.30
Sold VXX Sep 23 2022 18.0 Puts at $0.41 , $0.45, $0.49 and $0.62
#VXXContango
OptionsExpiration
A big monthly expiration. A lot of old long Puts in VXX rolled off, but I was able to write against them one last time and recover the original cost yet again (more in fact) #VXXContango .
A big expiration in TNA and TQQQ (with the market really weak two of the last three weeks). Every short position in TNA expired(including the puts).
I will go into next week with almost no short options except short strangles in VXX and a few puts in SOXL and TQQQ.
==Expired==
LABU 10.0 Covered Calls
LABU 10.0 Diagonal Calls
LABU 15/10.5 Bear Call Spreads
SLV 15/17.5 Bull Put Spreads
SOXL 10/11.0 Bull Put Spreads
SOXL 11.5 Diagonal Puts
TNA 40.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 41.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 42.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 43.0 Diagonal Call
TNA 44.0 Diagonal Call
TNA 44.0 and 45.0 Covered Calls
TNA 60/48 Bear Call Spread
TNA 59/47 Bear Call Spread
TNA 58/46 Bear Call Spread
TNA 56/44 Bear Call Spreads
TNA 36.0 Diagonal Put
TNA 35.0 Diagonal Put
TNA 34.5 Diagonal Put
TQQQ 29.0 Diagonal Call
TQQQ 29.0 Covered Calls
TQQQ 30.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 31.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 32.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 47/33 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 46/34 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 45/33 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 23.0 Diagonal Puts
UVXY 18/12 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 9.0 Diagonal Puts — #UVXYContango
UVXY 8.5 Diagonal Puts — #UVXYContango
VXX 26.5/20.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 26/20.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 25.5/20.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 20.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 10/17.5 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 13/17.5 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 14/18 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 15/18 Bull Put Spreads
==Assignments==
None
VXX Calls and Put Rolldowns
Moving on to next week:
Sold VXX Sep 23 2022 20.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.17, $0.18, $0.19 and $0.21
I’m letting this week’s 20.5 Calls expire (along with my 17.5 and 18.0 short Puts)
Bought to close VXX Sep 16 2022 20.0 Puts at $1.02. Sold last Friday on a roll at $2.20
Sold to Open VXX Sep 23 2022 19.5 Puts at $1.04 for a $0.02 Credit and dropped the short strike by $0.50
Bought to close VXX Sep 16 2022 19.5 Puts at $0.45. Sold last Friday on a roll at $1.38
Sold to Open VXX Sep 23 2022 19.0 Puts at $0.63 for a $0.18 Credit and dropped the short strike by $0.50
Gives me 19.5/20.5 and 19.0/20.5 short strangles for next week.
#VXXContango #OnlySpreads
VXX Puts and Calls
Last trades for VXX for this week:
Bought to close VXX Sep 09 2022 18.5 Puts / Sold to Open VXX Sep 16 2022 18.0 Puts at $0.08 Credit and lowered the short strike another $0.50
Sold to Open VXX Sep 16 2022 20.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.08 and $0.09, paired off with the short 18.0 puts above.
Bought to close VXX Sep 09 2022 18.0 Puts at $0.01
#VXXContango
VXX Put Spreads
Bought to Open VXX Mar 17 2023 7.0 Puts at $0.11
Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.14 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 191
Short DTE = 2
Bought to Open VXX Jan 20 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.08
Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.11 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 135
Short DTE = 2
Bought to Open VXX Dec 16 2022 9.0 Puts at $0.09
Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.12 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 100
Short DTE = 2
Bought to Open VXX Nov 18 2022 10.0 Puts at $0.06
Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 18.5 Puts at $0.09 for a $0.03 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 72
Short DTE = 2
#VXXContango
OptionsExpiration
An extremely profitable week for my Diagonal and Covered Calls in TNA and TQQQ. Not too bad for VXX, SOXL, TNA, TQQQ and SLV puts either(although I had to roll some).
Going into next week with a lot less positions(risk) as many Bear Call spreads expired with gains.
Shorts Expiring:
BBBY 14.0 Diagonal Call
LABU 15/11.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 11.5 Diagonal Calls
TLRY 5.0 Covered Calls
TNA 39/39.5/40 Covered Calls
TNA 51/43.5 Bear Call Spread
TNA 52/43.5 Bear Call Spread
TNA 55/46 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 27/28.5/30/33 Covered Calls
TQQQ 31.5 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 42/33 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 43/34 Bear Call Spreads
UVXY 12.5 Diagonal Calls
UVXY 13.0 Diagonal Calls
UVXY 8.5 Diagonal Put — #UVXYContango
VXX 29/20.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 30/20.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 18.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX, SLV Puts and TQQQ, TNA Calls closed at a penny
Bought to close TQQQ Sep 02 2022 27.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.01. Sold on a roll last Friday at $6.95
Bought to close TQQQ Sep 02 2022 29.0 Diagonal Calls at $0.01. Sold on a roll last Friday at $5.55
Bought to close TQQQ Sep 02 2022 30.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold on a roll last Friday at $3.18
Bought to close TNA Sep 02 2022 42.0 Diagonal Call at $0.01. Sold last week on a roll at $6.54
Bought to close TNA Sep 02 2022 42.5 Diagonal Calls at $0.01. Sold last week on a roll at $6.47
Bought to close SLV Sep 02 2022 16.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.01. Sold Wednesday at $0.13
Bought to close VXX Sep 02 2022 19.0 Diagonal Puts at $0.01. Sold at $0.09 up to $0.18.
#VXXContango
VXX and SLV Puts rolled out
Bought to close VXX Sep 02 2022 20.0 Diagonal Puts / Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 20.0 Puts at $0.22 Credit
Bought to close VXX Sep 02 2022 19.5 Diagonal Puts / Sold to Open VXX Sep 09 2022 19.5 Puts at $0.28 Credit
#VXXContango
Bought to close SLV Sep 02 2022 17.0 Diagonal Puts / Sold to open SLV Sep 09 2022 17.0 Puts at $0.11 Credit.
Short trading week next week
VXX LABU
Starting off with Calls this morning:
Sold VXX Aug 05 2022 23.5 Calls at $0.11
Sold VXX Aug 05 2022 24.0 Calls at $0.09
Sold VXX Aug 05 2022 24.5 Calls at $0.07
Sold LABU Aug 05 2022 9.5 Covered Calls (partial fill) at $0.15
OptionsExpiration
LABU 11/9.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 10/9.5 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 9.0 Diagonal Calls
LABU 9.0 Covered Calls
LABU 3/7 Bull Put Spreads
SLV 17.0 Diagonal Calls
SLV 15/16.5 Bull Put Spreads
VXX 35/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 34/23.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 33/23.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 23.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 20.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 20.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX Puts
Back on the Put side
Sold VXX 07/29/2022 20.5 Puts at $0.14, $0.15 and $0.16
#VXXContango
OptionsExpiration
Rolled up any in-the-money Calls in LABU, TNA and TQQQ this morning. Was a bit too hasty.
Rolled down my in-the-money SLV puts and did better.
The rest is a pretty short list this week.
== Expired ==
LABU 11/10 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 10.5/9 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 3/7 Bull Put Spreads
SLV 17.0 Diagonal Puts
TNA 40.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 40.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 39.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 39.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 31.0 Diagonal Calls
TQQQ 30.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 32/26 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 21.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX 20.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
VXX Diagonal Puts
Bought to open VXX Jan 20 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.09
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.11 for a $0.02 Credit for the first week.
Long DTE = 184
Short DTE = 2
#VXXContango
VXX Puts
Right at the close
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 20.5 Puts at $0.14
Sold VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.33 and $0.34
#VXXContango
OptionsExpiration
== Expired ==
KOLD 30.0 Covered Call
LABU 9.5/9 Bear Call Spreads
LABU 3/7.5 Bull Put Spreads
LABU 7.0 Diagonal Puts
LABU 6.5 Diagonal Puts
SLV 7.0 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.5 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.0 Diagonal Puts
TNA 35.5 Covered Calls
TNA 35.5 Diagonal Calls
TNA 57/38 Bear Call Spread
TNA 45/37 Bear Call Spread
TNA 44/35.5 Bear Call Spread
TQQQ 27/27.5/28 Covered Calls
TQQQ 37/30 Bear Calls Spreads
TQQQ 36/28.5 Bear Calls Spreads
TQQQ 35/28 Bear Calls Spreads
VXX 40/25 Bear Calls Spreads
VXX 32/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 31/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 23.5 Diagonal Calls
VXX 21.0 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
== Assignments ==
None
VXX Puts closed
The VIX index is down 8.4% today
Bought to close VXX Jul 15 2022 21.5 Diagonal Puts at $0.01.
Sold last week at $0.34 and $0.37.
#VXXContango
New VXX Diagonal Puts
Bought to open VXX Jan 20 2023 10.0 Puts at $0.21
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.25 for a $0.04 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 189
Short DTE = 7
Bought to open VXX Mar 17 2023 8.0 Puts at $0.21
Sold to Open VXX Jul 22 2022 21.0 Puts at $0.26 for a $0.05 Credit for the first week
Long DTE = 245
Short DTE = 7
OptionsExpiration
I also had a pretty good day
Expired:
SLV 17.5 Diagonal Puts
SOXL 11.0 Diagonal Puts
TNA 36.5/38.5 Covered Calls
TNA 36.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 37.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 37.5 Diagonal Call
TNA 38.0 Diagonal Calls
TNA 38.5 Diagonal Call
TQQQ 45/28 Bear Call Spreads
TQQQ 29.0 Diagonal Calls
VXX 39/25.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 38/25 Bear Call Spread
VXX 37/24.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 36/24 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 35/23.5 Bear Call Spreads
VXX 21.5 Diagonal Puts — #VXXContango
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